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WASHINGTON D.C., United States (CCTV) — Police in Washington D.C. have fired on a woman after she rammed a police vehicle near the U.S. Capitol and tried to mow down several officers on Wednesday. The woman was then arrested and no injuries have been reported. Police are currently investigating her motive and other details of the incident. “Although preliminary, this incident appears to be criminal in nature with no nexus to terrorism; and in addition, the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) — Ivanka Trump said on Wednesday (March 29) she would work in the White House in an unpaid, informal advisory role to the president as she sought to allay ethics concerns about working there. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States diplomat who allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents was charged Wednesday with lying to investigators over those contacts. The Department of Justice said Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, knew that the two Chinese men she had regular contact with while working for the US State Department in China and other countries were from the Chinese security services, and that the […]
GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Gibraltar will “be no victim of Brexit” and will adopt to a new reality outside of the European Union, the chief minister of the tiny British territory said Wednesday. Fabian Picardo also vowed to fight any attempt by Spain to gain more control over “the Rock” during negotiations over Britain’s exit from the bloc. “As far as we are concerned, this day brings us nothing to celebrate. But it also […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The head of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee warned Wednesday that Russia is interfering in the French election just as it did in the US presidential campaign last year. Senator Richard Burr, who has access to some of the most highly classified US intelligence, said Moscow has shown a clear will and ability to disrupt elections in Western democracies. “What we might assess was a very covert effort in 2016 […]
by Pirate IRWIN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Progress is being made in the war on doping with educational programmes among the measures targetting the prevention of cases such as the ‘institutionalised doping’ in Russia, World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) chief Craig Reedie told AFP. The 75-year-old Scot — who has been in his post since January 2014 — added improved science in detecting doping offences quicker than had been anticipated had also had […]
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The funeral of celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada on Wednesday was transformed into a rally against President Jacob Zuma, who had been barred from the event. The family of the African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues in the struggle against white minority rule who died on Tuesday aged 87, had asked Zuma to stay away. It was however attended […]
by Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman at Tabqa Dam Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon – Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a series of deals to end crippling years-long sieges. The agreement, brokered by rebel supporter Qatar and regime ally Iran, is expected to involve more than 30,000 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The deal reached late Tuesday involves Zabadani […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said there could be “no turning back” and called for national unity on Wednesday after notifying the European Union of Britain’s intention to end its 44-year membership of the bloc. “This is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back,” she told parliament, adding: “Now is the time for us to come together,” she added.
By Katell Prigent PARIS, France (AFP) — Ten people were arrested in a second night of protests in Paris over the killing by police of a Chinese father of five, an incident that has caused tensions with Beijing. Around 400 members of the Asian community and supporters of anti-racism groups gathered outside a police station in the northeast of the capital to again denounce the fatal shooting of Shaoyo Liu, 56, in his home two days […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Music icon Bob Dylan is set to receive his Nobel prize this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. “The good news is that the Swedish Academy and (Dylan) have decided to meet this weekend. The Academy will then hand over Dylan’s Nobel diploma and the Nobel medal, and congratulate him on the Nobel Prize in Literature,” Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Academy, wrote in a blog […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s army and emergency workers headed to areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday (March 29), finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. No deaths were reported. Debbie ripped a trail of destruction through northeast Australia on Tuesday (March 28) as a category four storm, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before being gradually downgraded through the night to a […]
